Woven Hymns
Painted Kashmir valley at sunset: a family group holds a shawl in a meadow of wildflowers while two women embroider a long floral shawl beneath snow peaks.

Kashmiri pashmina, woven and embroidered by hand.

Shawls and stoles shaped by memory and tradition.

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The collections

Seven collections, each with its own look and feel.

Shawl worked edge to edge in deep jewel colours with no plain ground left anywhere.

Kani

Saffron, orange and teal striped shawl with a band of paisley needlework, draped.

Sozni

Ivory shawl covered in dense coral and rose paisleys with a plain end, laid on black.

Jama

Stole in green and orange plaid blocks with black and white check ends.

Ikat

Muted grey and stone paisley shawl with a dark patterned border and tasselled ends.

Kalamkari

Folded stoles in green sozni, crimson sozni, checks and stripes.

Stole Assortments

Black shawl with a broad silver metallic border and scattered motifs, draped over a chair beside a vase of cotton and lavender.

Tilla

Made by hand, stitch by stitch.

Pashm is spun, dyed and woven on wooden handlooms. Embroiderers then fill a printed outline with fine needlework, sometimes across the whole cloth.

See how a shawl is made
Hands pulling a thread through a printed pattern on an ivory shawl, a heap of coloured yarn behind.A weaver's hands on a wooden loom, two shuttles lying on the dark blue cloth.A navy shawl printed with a paisley outline, one corner already filled in with coloured needlework.Shelves packed with skeins of dyed yarn in every colour.

From the collection

Cream shawl covered in dense multicoloured paisley, draped on a stand, with a red and white striped end panel.

Cream Ground Paisley

Kani

Shawl worked edge to edge in deep jewel colours with no plain ground left anywhere.

Jewel Tone All-Over

Kani

Black shawl with a broad silver metallic border and scattered motifs, draped over a chair beside a vase of cotton and lavender.

Black with Silver Border

Tilla

Saffron, orange and teal striped shawl with a band of paisley needlework, draped.

Saffron Stripe Paisley

Sozni

Shawl in pink, grey, mustard and aqua panels covered in black vine needlework, draped.

Rainbow Panels with Black Sozni

Sozni

Folded scarlet shawl with a band of orange and red stripes and a blue edge.

Scarlet and Flame Stripe

Ikat

Close view of a maroon shawl with a large paisley filled with fine multicoloured needlework.

Maroon Paisley Jama

Jama

Ivory shawl covered in dense coral and rose paisleys with a plain end, laid on black.

Ivory Paisley Jamawar

Jama

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Two stacks of folded shawls in crimson, pink, mustard and black, their corners embroidered.

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